sceedy - 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the offer, the links at the start of this topic still work fine.
Going off topic, the firmware was not my problem. I looked on the status page and my origional version was 1.0.10. After using the flashing program linked to by this topic, I ended up with 1.0.23. The most difficult part was tracking down a null modem. I fitted an ATA to SATA hardware only adaptor and tried an 80GB, 160GB and 1T drive. The 80GB drive caused the 9200T to "hang" with ---- on the lhs of the display. The other 2 asked if I wanted to format but ended up with 140GB of usable space. I recorded 48 hours of programs and managed to do both way xfer to a PC with both drives. I was hopeing that after the upgrade the 1T would show more usable space, but this did not happen! Such is life when you hack (in the ethical sense of the word i.e. modify tech).
My goal is to fit an SSD i.e. remove the only moving part so there is nothing to wear out any more. 1Ts did not exist when the unit was manufactured so I will try a second hand 500G from somewhere as they are only around £10 to see if it is the software not understanding the disk capacity of something far bigger than it was expecting. If it understands the 500G it will be worth spending the extra on a larger SSD (Solid State Drive) otherwise I am only looking for a 160G.
There might not be a moving part, but each and every memory location on a SSD has a finite number of write and read operations. It's possible by clever manipulation to spread the read/write operations across the disk.
The time shift buffer on a PVR is constantly writing the current viewed programme content. That alone will eventually wear out a SSD long before a conventional sata HDD will have issues.
SSD's are great for storing rapid access to Operating Systems like Windows, where changes compared to those associated with a pvr are small.
My 2008 Foxsat-HDR has it's 1TB drive installed in 2008 and is still used everyday.
In a PVR application the extra speed adds nothing to the response time of the box. Even the lowest speed drives are more than fast enough to satisfy multiple HD stream recordings and playback multiple recordings at the same time.
Consider USB2.0 is fast enough to record two HD streams and playback a HD recording at the same time.
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